If you’ve visited the CRAN repository of R packages lately, you might have noticed that the number of available packages has now topped a dizzying 12,550. This means there are packages for practically any data visualization task you can imagine, from visualizing cancer genomes to graphing the action of a book.
For new R coders, or anyone looking to hone their R data viz chops, CRAN’s repository may seem like an embarrassment of riches—there are so many data viz packages out there, it’s hard to know where to start.